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y l VEHICLE WHE EL. No. 498,255. Patented May 30, 1893.V

. UNITED STATES PATENT 'CFFICE.

ALVIN S. FLINT, OF-HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRANK R. SLOCUM, OE SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters )Patent No. 498,255, dated May 30, 1893,

AAppraisal ined February ,4,A 189s. serial No. 461,064. (No man.)

To a/ZZ whom t may concern: Be it known that I, ALVIN` S. FLINT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Con-v adj ustably held in place by mechanical appliances, whereby the tire when removed may be replaced on the wheel-fellies without heating. f

1 Inthe drawings accompanying and forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a sideview of a vehicle-Wheel furnished with my present improvements. Fig. 2.i's an enlarged sectional side view of a portion of the wheel shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional' view in line a a ofFig. 2. Fig. 4 is a sectional view in line b b ofFig. 2. Fig. 5 illustrates a4 modification in .the construction of the tire of the wheel. Fig. 6 isa section of the felly of the wheel shown in Fig. 1, at one of .the wheel-spokes, and illustrates the construction and purpose of the side-clips of the tire shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 7 is a side view of the adjusting-screw shown in Fig. 1. Fig.'8 is a m'odicationlof the adjusting-screw shown in Fig. 7. Fig. 9 is an end .view of the clip constructed for engaging the form of adjusting-screw shown in Fig. 8. Fig. 10 illustrates a modification of the tire-joint whereby the ends of the same are made to interlock and are adjustable for sliding engagement.

Similar characters. designate like parts in all the figures.

My improved vehicle-wheel, like others of the samegeneral class, consists of the usual hub 2, a seriesI of spokes y3, the felly F carried on the outer. ends of the spokes, a tirel (designated in a general way by D) surrounding the felly, and means for holding the tire in place. v

According to my present improvements, the tire D is held in place laterally.v of .the felly by some form of locking engagement therewith, of which the preferred form is shown in splitting of the same.

Figs. 1 and .6, the means referred to consistlng in a series of side-clips 5 projecting in- ,ward'ly fromthe edges of the tire and fitting closely upon the sides of the felly at the points vshown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4, and. consists of the two continuous side-anges 6 and 7, which (similarly toV the aforesaid clips) closely engage the'sides ofthe felly for preventing the Another modification ofthe particular construction of the tire is illustrated in Fig.' 5, where the tire D has the central inner rib 7 fitting in a corresponding groove in the periphery of the felly F3.

The Wheel shown in Fig. 1 is provided with a severed tire in two parts, and ,with ,two oppositetire-adjusting devices, which are des' ignated in a general way byf B, B; these Vtwo devices being supposed to be of the same construction, a' detailed description of one of them will serve asadescription ofboth. For this purpose reference is had to Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 7. At the place in the periphery of lthe wheel where the tire-adjustingA device isl to be" applied, theadjacent fellies, or felly-sections, F and F2, are shown cut away to leave between the ends thereof a sufcient space, as 19, Fig; 2, in which (when the clip C is removed) a Wrench may be inserted. for actuating Athe arljusting-screw. In the ends of said tire-sections F and F2 are formed two longitudinal lnortises, 21 and 23, respectively, for receiving the studs 2O and 22 which arel rigidly fixed to or formed on the inner sides of the contiguous ends D and D2, respectively, of the tire. Said studs 20 and 22 are transversely perforated by threaded holes which stand in alignment longitudinally of the felly, as illustrated in Fig. 2, for receiving the adjusting-screw S, whereby to adjust the tireends; said screw is of the well-known right- IOO and-left-hand variety, as indicated by the detail view thereof in Fig. 7, having the central head 31. The tire-studs 20, 22 are shown pro'- ,vided with the projecting bolt-ends 24 and 25, respectively, which extend through slotted openings, 26 and 27, in the clip C, and on y the inner side of said clip are furnished with nuts and washers, 28 and 29, for holding the clip in place, and for firmly binding the fellysections F and F2 between lsaid clip and the' tire.

As a means for preventing the adjusting-` screw S from turning, by jarring or otherwise, when the clip is in place, said clip is shown furnished with the screw-stop 30, which, as; illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3, stands contigu` ous to the squared head 3l of the screw S, and thereby prevents the screw from turning until after the Iclip C is removed. The construction and arrangement here described of the tire-studs, the clip, and means for holding the clip in place, are further illustrated. by the sectional view, Fig. 4, which will bel understood without further description.

In Fig. 8 is shown a modified form 'of the adj listing-screw S, this having the round middie portion 3l thereotV transversely perfof` rated incrosswise directions by the holes `32` and 33, after a wellknown manner. And in 1 Fig. 9 is shown a clip having the retainingpin 34 (as `a substitut-'eforthe aforesaid screwstop 30.), which is adapted to project (when the `clip is in place) into one of the holes 32 or 33 of said screw, and th'us engage `the screw for preventing the same from turning in either direction. i l

In Figs. land 2 the ends 35 and 36 of the tire are show-n one formed with -an internal V and the -otherwit'han external V,the

two ends being interlocked and held in firm engagement. When it is required to close up the tire, the pointed `end 35 of the tire is to be reduced in' length,o'r cut onf, to permit the closing of the tire by the required movement for bringing the Vwheel into the proper state of compression `for sustaining 'the work dwe-l manded `of it. And by this means, by simply filing off said pointed tire-end 35, the wheel may be strained upto overcome the eiects of shrinkage ot' the fellies and spokes. This is particularly advantageous in dry countries and seasons, and with wagons on long jonrneys where the facilities of the wagon-smith cannot be had; for by removing the slip C g.

and separating the ends of the tire by means of the screw S, the tire-end 35 may be filed away, and afterward the .parts put together and the tire firmly closed, making the wheel ready for use.

' 1n some cases, and especially for broad tires,

I may use the modified tire-joint illustrated by the partial plan View shown in Fig. l0. According to this modification, one end, 38, of the tire has formed therein the slot 40, while the opposite tire-end 37 has the tongue 439 tting in said slot, the two tire-ends being thus made to interlock and adapted for longitudinal adjustment by sliding engagement. In

anda cli-p secured by nuts to said studs and to the inner face of the telly, substantially as and for the purposedescribed.

2. In a vehiclewheel, lthe combination with the adjacent felly sections, mortised as set forth, of the tire having interlocking tire-ends formed integral therewith and having screw- Qthreaded portions which extend beyond the `inner face of the felly, an adjusting-screw having right and left-hand screw-threaded bearings in said studs and having a. Acentrallyarranged head as shown, and a clip secured by nuts to the ends of said studs and to the inner face of 'the telly, substantially as described.

3. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with a sectional felly, of a tire having interlocking y' ends and projections to engage the felly to .prevent `lateral displacement, a clip having slotted openings therein te receive thescrew# threaded ends 'of studs formed integral with the contiguous ends of the tire, which studs extend through said clip and are provided with nuts to `hold the same in place, and the adjusting-screw extended through the studs and adapted to be turned to draw the ends of the tire together, substantially as described.

4. In a vehiclewheel,tl1e combination with the telly-sectionsV F', F2, of the divided tire having interlocking ends and integral inwardly-extended studs 20, 22, with screwv threaded ends, and having transversescrewthreaded openings therein `as shown, the right. and left-handed screwhavingan angular central head and having bearings in rthe openin gs in said studs, and `the clip C secured` to the ends of the studs by nuts which clamp the same to the felly,"and having a projection or screw-stop 30 that bears against, or extends into, the headof the adjusting-screw and prevents accidental turning thereof, substantially as described.

5. In a vehicle-wheel, the combination with the hub, the spokesand the fellies, of the severed tire h-aving the side-clips grasping the fellies at points adjacent to the spokes, and means for adj ustably closing the tire onto the tellies, substantially as described.

i ALVIN S. FLINT.

Witnesses:

FRANCIS I-I. RICHARDS, FRED. J. DOLE.

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